{"id":35693,"date":"2023-03-20T10:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/samoras-son-condemns-police-violence"},"modified":"2023-03-20T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:19:01","slug":"samoras-son-condemns-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/samoras-son-condemns-police-violence","title":{"rendered":"Samora\u2019s son condemns police violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Samora Machel Junior (\u201cSamito\u201d), son of Mozambique\u2019s first President, Samora Machel, has condemned the police attacks on Saturday against peaceful demonstrators attempting to honour the memory of the country\u2019s most prominent rap artist, Edson da Luz (better known by his stage name, Azagaia), who died on 9 March.<\/p>\n

In a text widely distributed on Mozambican social media, Samito wrote \u201cWe have witnessed on the streets of several cities acts of unjustifiable violence against defenceless citizens, perpetrated by members of the defence and security forces, who violated the constitutional definition of Mozambique as a democratic state ruled by law, based on pluralism of opinion and of expression\u201d.<\/p>\n

They had violated their constitutional duty \u201cto guarantee respect for the rule of law and guarantee strict observance of the fundamental rights and freedoms of all citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n

This, he added, was \u201ca betrayal of the fundamental values and principles\u201d of Mozambique\u2019s ruling Frelimo Party, \u201ca betrayal of the glorious traditions of the Mozambique Liberation Front in defence of the interests of the Mozambican people, and a betrayal of Frelimo as the Party of Peace and Dialogue\u201d.<\/p>\n

He recalled that the Frelimo Statutes declare \u201cwe want a stable and prosperous society, in which peace, democracy, equality, social justice and respect for universal human rights reign\u201d.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s violence was \u201cabove all, a betrayal of our mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers, sisters and brothers, who gave their lives for national independence, so that the sons and daughters of this country can always live in freedom, and so that, to quote our national anthem, no tyrant may enslave us again\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mozambique we are seeing on the streets of our cities today is not the Mozambique we proclaimed at zero hours on 25 June 1975\u201d (the date of independence), warned Samito.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the memory of those who dared to fight, for the memory of Josina and Samora (his parents), it is our duty as members of Frelimo to defend our democratic constitution and rescue the traditional values and principles of Frelimo to give the generations of today and tomorrow a better country\u201d.<\/p>\n

The human rights organization Amnesty International has also denounced the repression of Saturday\u2019s marches. Amnesty\u2019s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, Emerlynn Gill, said \u201cThe Mozambican police\u2019s heavy-handed response to these peaceful demonstrations, including beating up protesters with baton sticks, causing them injuries, is an outrageous act of unfortunate policing against these defenseless protesters\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that police were aiming to suppress the demonstrations, with the intention of belittling Azagaia\u2019s legacy in Mozambique\u201d, Gill added. \u201cThe police\u2019s actions, seen beating up protesters in videos supplied to Amnesty International and shared on social media, are a disturbing pattern of reckless and unlawful tactics against people during the protests\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice must refrain from further targeting protesters, including arbitrarily arresting them and engaging in retaliatory violence against the peaceful protesters\u201d, Gill urged. \u201cAuthorities must swiftly investigate police who arrested people in Maputo and subjected them to beating and ensure that they are brought to account for violating the human rights of protesters including international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Samora Machel Junior (\u201cSamito\u201d), son of Mozambique\u2019s first President, Samora Machel, has condemned the police attacks on Saturday against peaceful demonstrators attempting to honour the memory of the country\u2019s most prominent rap artist, Edson da Luz (better known by his stage name, Azagaia), who died on 9 March. 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